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I'm not surprised. I thankfully havent dealt with feral hogs but I know allegedly domesticated hogs will try to eat you if they get the chance.
Yeah, they can easily weigh more than a lion, and they travel in groups.
My step dad shot one in the face with a 9mm from about 6ft away. The bullet went in the skin, traveled around the outside of the skull under the skin, and out the back.
It just stunned the hog long enough for him to grab his rifle.
I knew a guy who emptied a whole drum of .38 special into a hog that was charging him - though he probably missed half of the shots. Where I live, almost every hunter has stories like that. One told me he once shot a three-legged old boar and found a shotgun slug and several bullets in it.
On the other hand, some people still hunt feral hogs with dogs and spears around here and it's more likely that a dog gets accidentaly shot than killed by a boar. I heard of a guy who jumped a hog with a knife to save his dog. I've only ever heard of one guy who got actually hurt by a pig. They also tend to get used to people easily if they're not hunted. So the danger is a bit exaggerated.
Domesticated hogs are much more likely to eat you than feral ones and not only because they get the chance more often. If a feral hog kills you, it's not thinking about food, but just wants you to be not there anymore. A domesticated pig on the other hand might just start to eat you because you are there.